New York Executive Law Article 6 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE

• 90 - Department of State; Secretary of State.
  There shall be in the state government a department of state. The head of the department shall be the secretary of state who shall be...
• 91 - Rules.
  Subject to and in conformity with the provisions of the constitution and laws of the state, the secretary of state may adopt and promulgate such...
• 92 - Deputies.
  The secretary of state shall appoint a deputy, who may perform all the duties of the secretary of state. Any such deputy shall receive an...
• 93 - Custody of Records.
  1. The secretary of state shall have the custody of all laws and concurrent resolutions of the legislature, all documents issued under the great seal,...
• 94 - Joint Commission on Public Ethics; Functions, Powers and Duties; Review of Financial Disclosure Statements; Advisory Opinions; Investigation and Enforcement.
  1. There is established within the department of state a joint commission on public ethics which shall consist of fourteen members and shall have and...
• 94-a - Consumer Protection Division.
  1. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the consumption of goods and services is an economic activity that affects the life of...
• 94-b - Office for New Americans.
  1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that, according to the 2010 census, approximately twenty-two percent of New Yorkers were not born in...
• 95 - Legislative Manual.
  The secretary of state, at the expense of the state, may in each odd-numbered year prepare and publish the legislative manual. The manual shall contain...
• 96 - Fees and Refunds.
  Except as otherwise provided by section ninety-six-a of this chapter, the department of state shall collect the following fees: 1. For searching the records of...
• 96-a - Fees for Services Rendered Pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code.
  1. In case of conflict between this section and any other provision of law, this section shall control. 2. The secretary of state shall determine...
• 97 - Completing Unfinished Papers.
  The secretary of state shall have power to complete and sign and certify in his own name, adding to his signature the date of so...
• 97-a - Affirmation in Lieu of Oath.
  Any application for a license or registration required by law to be filed with the department of state may, in lieu of being acknowledged or...
• 98 - Copies of Amendments to Rules for Admission of Attorneys.
  The secretary of state must cause to be published in the next ensuing volume of the session laws each amendment of the rules established by...
• 99 - Central State Registry of Security Guards.
  1. The department shall collect information and maintain, on a current basis, a registry of all security guards and applicants for registration cards in the...
• 100 - Central State Registry of Armored Car Guards.
  1. The secretary of state shall maintain a computerized registry of all individuals who apply for a registration card or have been issued a registration...
• 101 - Accessibility, Rules and Regulations.
  1. The secretary of state, in consultation with any other state agency he or she deems necessary, shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to...
• 101-a - Legislative Notification of the Proposed Adoption, Amendment, Suspension or Repeal of Agency Rules.
  1. Definitions. As used in this section, a. "Agency" means any state board, bureau, commission, department, authority, division, or officer authorized by law to make...
• 101-b - Application by Municipal Corporations for the Suspension of Certain Rules.
  1. Definitions. As used in this section, a. "Agency" means any state board, bureau, commission, department, division or officer authorized by law to adopt rules....
• 102 - Filing and Publication of Codes, Rules and Regulations.
  1. a. No code, rule or regulation shall become effective until it is filed with the secretary of state, unless a later date is required...
• 103 - Future Editions and Supplements of Official Compilations.
  1. In any year the secretary of state may, whenever he shall believe that the public interest will be served thereby, cause a new edition...
• 104 - Departmental Cooperation.
  The secretary of state may advise with the several departments, boards, bureaus, officers, authorities, commissions and other agencies of the state which are authorized by...
• 104-a - Departmental Cooperation Regarding Water Quality.
  The secretary of state shall cooperate with the environmental facilities corporation to establish methods to facilitate loans to eligible borrowers and to develop educational materials...
• 105 - Changes in Codes, Rules or Regulations.
  Changes in any code, rule or regulation except such as relates solely to the organization or internal management of a department, board, bureau, authority, commission...
• 106 - Proof of Codes, Rules and Regulations.
  Any code, rule or regulation of the state of New York may be read in evidence from the official compilation or supplement thereto. To entitle...
• 106-a - Internet Access to the New York Code, Rules and Regulations.
  The department of state shall post or maintain a link on its website to an unofficial version of the New York codes, rules, and regulations,...
• 107 - Intergovernmental Agreements.
  1. The secretary of state shall compile and keep current a list of all interstate compacts and other intergovernmental agreements between or among states, subdivisions...
• 108 - Address Confidentiality Program.
  There is created in the office of the secretary of state a program to be known as the "address confidentiality program" to protect victims of...
• 109 - Registration of Certain Service Providers.
  1. For purposes of this section: (a) "Client" shall mean a person or entity who in the preceding calendar year retained or hired the political...
• 130 - Appointment of Notaries Public.
  1. The secretary of state may appoint and commission as many notaries public for the state of New York as in his or her judgment...
• 131 - Procedure of Appointment; Fees and Commissions; Fee Payment Methods.
  1. Applicants for a notary public commission shall submit to the secretary of state with their application the oath of office, duly executed before any...
• 132 - Certificates of Official Character of Notaries Public.
  The secretary of state or the county clerk of the county in which the commission of a notary public is filed may certify to the...
• 133 - Certification of Notarial Signatures.
  The county clerk of a county in whose office any notary public has qualified or has filed his autograph signature and a certificate of his...
• 134 - Signature and Seal of County Clerk.
  The signature and seal of a county clerk, upon a certificate of official character of a notary public or the signature of a county clerk...
• 135 - Powers and Duties; in General; of Notaries Public Who are Attorneys At Law.
  Every notary public duly qualified is hereby authorized and empowered within and throughout the state to administer oaths and affirmations, to take affidavits and depositions,...
• 135-a - Notary Public or Commissioner of Deeds; Acting Without Appointment; Fraud in Office.
  1. Any person who holds himself out to the public as being entitled to act as a notary public or commissioner of deeds, or who...
• 135-b - Advertising by Notaries Public.
  1. The provisions of this section shall not apply to attorneys-at-law, admitted to practice in the state of New York. 2. A notary public who...
• 136 - Notarial Fees.
  A notary public shall be entitled to the following fees: 1. For administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying the same when required, except where...
• 137 - Statement As to Authority of Notaries Public.
  In exercising his powers pursuant to this article, a notary public, in addition to the venue of his act and his signature, shall print, typewrite,...
• 138 - Powers of Notaries Public or Other Officers Who are Stockholders, Directors, Officers or Employees of a Corporation.
  A notary public, justice of the supreme court, a judge, clerk, deputy clerk, or special deputy clerk of a court, an official examiner of title,...
• 139 - Commissioners of Deeds Within the State.
  1. Commissioners of deeds in the cities of this state shall be appointed by the common councils of such cities respectively, and shall hold office...
• 140 - Commissioners of Deeds in the City of New York.
  1. The council of the city of New York is hereby authorized and is empowered to appoint commissioners of deeds in such city from time...
• 141 - Commissioners of Deeds in Other States, Territories and Foreign Countries.
  The secretary of state may, in his discretion, appoint and commission in any other state, territory or dependency, or in any foreign country, such number...
• 142 - Powers of Such Commissioners.
  Every such commissioner shall have authority, within the city, county, municipality or other political subdivision for which he is appointed, and in the manner in...
• 142-a - Validity of Acts of Notaries Public and Commissioners of Deeds Notwithstanding Certain Defects.
  1. Except as provided in subdivision three of this section, the official certificates and other acts heretofore or hereafter made or performed of notaries public...
• 143 - Fees of Such Commissioners.
  The fees of such commissioners shall be as follows: 1. If appointed for another state, territory or dependency, not to exceed four times the amount...
• 144 - Saving Clause.
  In case it be judicially determined that any phrase, clause, part, paragraph or section of any of the provisions of sections one hundred thirty, one...

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